| Cartographer | Thomas, John, the Elder |
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| Former owner | George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 |
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| Donor | George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 |
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| Date | 1738 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:3,200 |
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| Language | French |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Military art and science--Georgia--Cumberland Island--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fortification--Georgia--Cumberland Island--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Cumberland Island (Ga.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort Saint Andrew (Ga.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Camden (county)
- Cumberland Island
- North and Central America
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour over pencil ; 40 x 30 cm |
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| Terms and License | - No known copyright restrictions.
- This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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| Notes | - Production details from Cumming (third edition) and from a manuscript note in the British Museum catalogue (Maps C.21 bb.3) referencing a letter from Mrs Margaret Davis Cate, 29 July 1955.
- Relief (marsh areas) shown pictorially.
- Scale at upper right "Echelle de 200 Toises".
- Title at upper right.
- A note in pencil above the title adds "Cumberland" in place of "ANDRE" - the title should read "PLAN dun petit FORT pour l'Isle de CUMBERLAND ...".
- Lettered key (A-K) beneath the title identifying locations of note.
- Shows a numbered grid system in pencil.
- Titled "Plan dessiné d'un petit Fort pour l'Isle de St. Andre" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
- Titled "Plan d'un petit Fort pour l'Isle de St André" or Cumberland Island; drawn on a scale of 33 toises to an inch: 1 f. 3 in. x 1 f. in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
- A proposed plan for Fort Saint Andrews on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
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